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W.E.B. DU BOIS

W.E.B. Du Bois was a Pan-Africanist, scholar, sociologist, activist, editor, poet, and playwright, who, along with librarian, Regina Andrews, founded the KRIGWA Players in Harlem, during the Renaissance era. Housed in the basement of the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library, KRIGWA sought to produce plays written and acted by Black people.

Suggested Reading
This KRIGWA Players program includes art work by Aaron Douglas

W.E.B. DUBOIS SPEAKS, "THE ATLANTA YEARS"

W.E.B. DuBois talks about his time in Atlanta, from the collection Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like The Rivers. He recalls a specific lynching in Atlanta